Kyle Chayka
@chaykak.bsky.social
Staff Writer at The New Yorker, writing a weekly column on tech & culture. Author of Filterworld (2024) & The Longing for Less (2020). Newsletter fan. Email: [email protected]. Ava is a sloth cake.
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“ur posts have been so good today” thanks im having a psychotic event
November 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“ur posts have been so good today” thanks im having a psychotic event
very very good @kevinlozano.bsky.social review www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
The Man Who Helped Make the American Literary Canon
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the country’s literature was widely considered provincial. Then Malcolm Cowley set about championing writers like Kerouac and Faulkner as uniquely American.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
very very good @kevinlozano.bsky.social review www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
WNYC from this morning!
ICYMI, @chaykak.bsky.social explains how AI music snuck onto our playlists:
www.wnyc.org/story/how-ai...
www.wnyc.org/story/how-ai...
How AI Songs Got on Your Spotify Playlist | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka discusses how songs generated using artificial intelligence are dominating top music charts and streaming services like Spotify
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November 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
WNYC from this morning!
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From mini projector to an anti-technology app subscription, @chaykak.bsky.social breaks down the newest, strangest gadgets and apps to get your tech-savvy loved ones this holiday season. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/aLVJfw
A Holiday Gift Guide: The Newest, Strangest Gadgets and Apps
Our columnist on digital culture suggests technology—or anti-technology technology—to give this holiday season.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
From mini projector to an anti-technology app subscription, @chaykak.bsky.social breaks down the newest, strangest gadgets and apps to get your tech-savvy loved ones this holiday season. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/aLVJfw
I'm on the Brian Lehrer Show later! Discussing this AI music piece www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
Today:
- @elizabethkim.bsky.social & @brigidbergin.bsky.social on NYC politics;
- @yinka.bsky.social previews the G20 in South Africa;
- US strikes on Venezuelan vessels;
- @chaykak.bsky.social on how AI music snuck onto our playlists
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @WNYC.org
- @elizabethkim.bsky.social & @brigidbergin.bsky.social on NYC politics;
- @yinka.bsky.social previews the G20 in South Africa;
- US strikes on Venezuelan vessels;
- @chaykak.bsky.social on how AI music snuck onto our playlists
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @WNYC.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I'm on the Brian Lehrer Show later! Discussing this AI music piece www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
the patron saint of my @newyorker.com gadget / tech gift guide is the $18 Swype disposable touchscreen vape with weather and social notifications, which makes for a great stocking stuffer www.newyorker.com/culture/on-a...
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
the patron saint of my @newyorker.com gadget / tech gift guide is the $18 Swype disposable touchscreen vape with weather and social notifications, which makes for a great stocking stuffer www.newyorker.com/culture/on-a...
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People coming to bluesky because twitter is broke
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
People coming to bluesky because twitter is broke
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Cloudflare's outage seems... bad? X, ChatGPT, multiple other sites down
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Cloudflare's outage seems... bad? X, ChatGPT, multiple other sites down
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''As social media has become older, more manipulable, and more automated by artificial intelligence, flouting online popularity has gained a new cachet...''
by @chaykak.bsky.social
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by @chaykak.bsky.social
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It’s Cool to Have No Followers Now
As social media has become older, more manipulable, and more automated by artificial intelligence, flouting online popularity has gained a new cachet.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
''As social media has become older, more manipulable, and more automated by artificial intelligence, flouting online popularity has gained a new cachet...''
by @chaykak.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
by @chaykak.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
I do not dream of weeknight meals
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I do not dream of weeknight meals
here's the thing, guys — you have to read the whole article, all of the words. i know it's hard
November 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
here's the thing, guys — you have to read the whole article, all of the words. i know it's hard
for my @newyorker.com column I profiled Nick Arter, a consultant turned musician who began producing AI songs under the name Nick Hustles a year ago and has hit millions of streams and gone pro. Where is the line of human creativity in the post-AI music industry? www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
That New Hit Song on Spotify? It Was Made by A.I.
Aspiring musicians are churning out tracks using generative artificial intelligence. Some are topping the charts.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
for my @newyorker.com column I profiled Nick Arter, a consultant turned musician who began producing AI songs under the name Nick Hustles a year ago and has hit millions of streams and gone pro. Where is the line of human creativity in the post-AI music industry? www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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Super excited that we're hiring a senior writer to join @wired.com's culture team! If you're obsessed with internet culture and like our vibe, apply! condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
Senior Writer, Culture
WIRED is where a better future is imagined. For three decades, we have been the indispensable guide to a world in constant transformation. We cover humanity’s biggest challenges, from climate change t...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Super excited that we're hiring a senior writer to join @wired.com's culture team! If you're obsessed with internet culture and like our vibe, apply! condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
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Couldn't be more excited to share @chaykak.bsky.social's next book, which asks what role our most piercing, powerful encounters with culture and beauty play in making us who we are, explores how we seek more of them, and looks at what we lose in a world where those experiences are increasingly rare
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Couldn't be more excited to share @chaykak.bsky.social's next book, which asks what role our most piercing, powerful encounters with culture and beauty play in making us who we are, explores how we seek more of them, and looks at what we lose in a world where those experiences are increasingly rare
"do not use our superhuman intelligence machine to do anything a professional human should be doing"
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"do not use our superhuman intelligence machine to do anything a professional human should be doing"
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"The large numbers don’t quite mean what they used to as signals of relevance or clout, as social media has become more aged, more manipulable, and more automated by artificial intelligence."
This value shift is important for restoring cultural progress and it looks like it's happening organically
This value shift is important for restoring cultural progress and it looks like it's happening organically
my new @newyorker.com column on the allure of low follower counts and niche influencers on social media, in a time of AI and bot traffic www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
It’s Cool to Have No Followers Now
As social media has become older, more manipulable, and more automated by artificial intelligence, flouting online popularity has gained a new cachet.
www.newyorker.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"The large numbers don’t quite mean what they used to as signals of relevance or clout, as social media has become more aged, more manipulable, and more automated by artificial intelligence."
This value shift is important for restoring cultural progress and it looks like it's happening organically
This value shift is important for restoring cultural progress and it looks like it's happening organically
my new @newyorker.com column on the allure of low follower counts and niche influencers on social media, in a time of AI and bot traffic www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
It’s Cool to Have No Followers Now
As social media has become older, more manipulable, and more automated by artificial intelligence, flouting online popularity has gained a new cachet.
www.newyorker.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
my new @newyorker.com column on the allure of low follower counts and niche influencers on social media, in a time of AI and bot traffic www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
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Seething with jealousy
She was treated to a tankard of mulled nettle ale and a thick slab of pale gold cheese with chives and apples, with a small farl of hot crusty oat bread.
November 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Seething with jealousy
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there's finally an asking price on the rachovsky house: $23 million. when richard meier was exposed in 2018 as a notorious sex pest, i suggested painting all his trademark white architecture hi-viz orange as a reminder. well, now's your chance
www.compass.com/homedetails/...
www.compass.com/homedetails/...
8605 Preston Rd, Dallas, TX 75225 | Compass
8605 Preston Rd, Dallas, TX 75225 is a single family home that will be listed for sale at $23,000,000. This is a 2-bed, 6-bath, 9,062 sqft property.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
there's finally an asking price on the rachovsky house: $23 million. when richard meier was exposed in 2018 as a notorious sex pest, i suggested painting all his trademark white architecture hi-viz orange as a reminder. well, now's your chance
www.compass.com/homedetails/...
www.compass.com/homedetails/...
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this is a banger of a column from the bbc www.bbc.com/news/article...
October 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
this is a banger of a column from the bbc www.bbc.com/news/article...
lmao great Shouts & Murmurs www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-...
October 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
lmao great Shouts & Murmurs www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-...
I really think it's possible that 100s of millions of people around the world just shouldn't be using the same technology that delivers personalized content tailored to their preferences and moods. ".15% having conversations about suicidal intent"
In a given week, OpenAI estimated that around .07 percent of active ChatGPT users show “possible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis or mania” and .15 percent “have conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.”
Here's How Many People May Use ChatGPT During a Mental Health Crisis Each Week
OpenAI released initial estimates about the share of users who may be experiencing symptoms like delusional thinking, mania, or suicidal ideation, and says it has tweaked GPT-5 to respond more effecti...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I really think it's possible that 100s of millions of people around the world just shouldn't be using the same technology that delivers personalized content tailored to their preferences and moods. ".15% having conversations about suicidal intent"
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a particular pleasure to be involved with this one as a member of the KYE/Sam fan club-- I am a huge admirer of the intellectual expansiveness, moral depth, electric prose and startling humor of his writing/thinking, and can't wait to experience that at book length on a perfect topic
October 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
a particular pleasure to be involved with this one as a member of the KYE/Sam fan club-- I am a huge admirer of the intellectual expansiveness, moral depth, electric prose and startling humor of his writing/thinking, and can't wait to experience that at book length on a perfect topic
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Blackhead, Monhegan - 1916
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105005
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105005
October 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Blackhead, Monhegan - 1916
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105005
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105005